And for those curious, here’s the current stats for kernel CVEs reserved/assigned/rejected since we started just over a year ago:
Year Reserved Assigned Rejected A+R Total
2019: 47 2 1 3 50
2020: 36 14 0 14 50
2021: 20 728 23 751 771
2022: 20 1098 16 1114 1134
2023: 20 493 28 521 541
2024: 20 3067 84 3151 3171
2025: 1837 384 12 396 2233
Total: 2000 5786 164 5950 7950
More fun with CVE numbers:
=== CVEs Published Per Year ===
2024: 4451 CVEs
2025: 1502 CVEs
=== CVEs Published in Last 6 Months ===
November 2024: 280 CVEs
December 2024: 358 CVEs
January 2025: 234 CVEs
February 2025: 929 CVEs
March 2025: 214 CVEs
April 2025: 125 CVEs
=== Overall Averages ===
Average CVEs per month: 401.95
Average CVEs per week: 92.40
Average CVEs per day: 13.19
Statistics calculated from 2024-01-21 to 2025-04-16